6:34 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Salzgitter Group: Key data for the financial year 2017; KHS reported a notable downturn

Salzgitter Group closes the financial year 2017 with the highest pre-tax profit since the financial market crisis; outlook for 2018 similarly promising
1:28 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones continues growth with stable profitability in 2017

Revenue increased 9% to €3.69 billion. Adjusted for acquisitions, growth reached 7%. Order intake increased 10%. Excluding acquisitions, orders were up 7%. Krones kept profitability stable. The EBT margin was once again 7.0%.  Revenue and earnings are expected to increase ...
12:40 min ONE:18, Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials, …

“Just 90 More Days – They Were Oh So Close“

The M&G and PET Reality Show...What Could Have Been. Essay by John C. Maddox, CEO of SBAcci
1:58 min Beverages, Recycling & Compounding
Company aims to inspire consumers to recycle by debuting new bottles made entirely from recycled ones

Nestlé Pure Life® launches new bottle made from 100% recycled plastic

Nestlé® Pure Life® Purified Water is announcing the introduction of a 700-mL bottle ...
0:25 min Management, Colorants
Management

New CEO Holland Colours

Mr. Coenraad Vinke (54) has been nominated as the new CEO for Holland Colours, producer of color concentrates for the polymer industry. He will join the company on the 1st of May. He will succeed Rob Harmsen, who has been in charge since January 2012. Coen Vinke will be officially ...
0:38 min America, Caps & Closures, Global themes, …
Management

corvaglia group announces U.S. expansion in Georgia

Today, Switzerland based corvaglia group announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia. The company provides plastic cap and closure technology solutions to the beverage industry around the world. The new U.S. production facility will compliment corvaglia’s ...
2:44 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations

ips supplies the 1000th system

In December 2017, the 1000th system left the production hall at ips Intelligent Pelletizing Solutions GmbH. The ips-SGU 120/2 HS, a highly innovative underwater strand pelletizing system, will start operation in the 1st quarter of 2018 at Märkische Faser GmbH in Premnitz. With it, ...
1:00 min Management, Markets and Management
Management

New CEO at Sesotec

Marc Setzen is CEO successor of Xaver Auer who will leave Sesotec at his own request.
1:13 min Management, Applications & Operations, Markets and Management

Klöckner Pentaplast announces major Pharma capacity expansion in Switzerland to support growing EMEA & Asian markets

Klöckner Pentaplast’s Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Films Division (kp Pharma) announces a 5 million Euro investment in their Bern, Switzerland facility. kp will expand capacity at its Swiss facility by 30% to address ever-changing market needs in EMEA and support expansion ...
3:30 min Injection moulding systems, Closure moulds, Applications & Operations

Maximising efficiency and quality potential

The injection moulding machine manufacturer, based in Austria and with a wholly-owned subsidiary in Vietnam, enables customers to overcome their specific challenges and secure competitive advantages by means of custom-made system solutions – and supplying system solutions from a ...